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the carolina watchman vol vin third series salisbury r j january 4 1877 no 12 bushed weekly j j brl'nek ed and prop t k brunei associate ed scbsckiption hates : ter year payable ln advance 2 00 six months 1 sin advertising kates t one inch one pul>lk\i on 1 oo â€¢' " two publications 150 contract rates lor months or a vear -" only a country girl by james lester you are mistaken ; i would rather die than to many a mere country girl but fred suppose her intelligent full of nataral poetry tenderhearted graceful unspoiled by admiration a guiless simple loving creature ?" o said fred laughing choice se lection of virtue and grace country beauties are always sweet aod so are country cows no i tell vou if she was as lovely as an angel with the best sense in the world still if unskilled in literature aud music with no soul above churns and knitting needles i would r.ot marry her for a fortune ha h;i !" laughed helen irving hidden by the trunk of a tree she gat reading within a few feet of the egotist in another moment the young lady came in sight fred's face crimsoned he whispered in visible trepidation do you think she heard me ?" no ' r joined the other audibly she has dot even looked from her book you are safe leaning on one white arm the old oak tree iu the background flowers strewed around her she sat quite at ease appar ently unconscious that two handsome young men were near her approaching with a low bow upou v hich his minor had set the stamp of faultless elegance fred tic lane took the liberty of asking if the young lady would inform him wheie mr irving liv ed ? with tin innocent smile the young lady looked up mr irving the only one living in the village is my father she said rising in a graceful and charming manner the large house on high ground half hidden by trees and thick shrubbery there is where we live fred replied with a very graceful bow tell your father that i will do myself the honor to call ou him to-morrow he will remember me â€” frederic lane at at your service les sir i will tell him said helen touching her sleeves around her preity arms and making rather a formal courte sy then catching np lier books and gathering the scattered flowers she hur rird home now father mother aunt and sis etclaiuicd the merry girl bouncing into tho room where the family were at sup per so sure as you live lhat mr lane you spoke so much about is in the village he will call here to-morrow tbe finest spcciiuent of a city beau as of course he will be all sentiment faultless in kid and dickey important and self assured as one of the kind can possibly be promise me all of you that you will not lisp one word about music reading and writing in his presence because i have a plan father will not 1 know and if you sis will be quiet and ask no questions i will give you that work-box you have coveted so long why on that condition i'll be as still as a mouse but what's the reason v oh that's my own busiaess said helen dancing out of the room â€¢ â€¢ # â€¢ * * * helen sat at the open window where roses ihrust tlicir blushing bud making bsib shade and sweet fragrance the canary overhead burst forth every moment in wild snatches uf glorious music hel en was al work on long blue stockings nearly finished and her fingers hew like enow hirua you knit most admirably ; are you fond of it . yes quite ; i like it better than any thing else â€” lhat is i mean i can churn well and do you read much ?" fred's glance had traveled from lhe coiners of his eyes to every table shelf and corner in search of books and papers but net a page yellow or red repaid his search oh yes said helen with a sancti fied air what books ? permit me to ask i read the bible a good deal she said gravely is thai all all ! of course not â€” yet what do \ ou not find in the bible ? history poetry eloquence romance the most thrilling ] athos ;" blushing and recoil cling her self she added m a manner as childish as it had before been dignified : as for olher books let me see what i have got in my library ; there's the primmer counting on her fingers second last header robbiuson crusoe nursery tales two or three elements of something bio graphy of some person or other mother's mag./.itip aud king william hi there isn't that a good assortment ]" fied smiled perhaps 1 do not know as mucli as those who have been to school more she added as if disappointment at the mute rejoinder but in making bread churning butter and keeping liouse i am lot to be outdone the young man felt more in pity than in love bat his visits did not always so suit he began to fed a magnetic at traction and he mainly attributed it to helen's beauty ; but ihe truth is her r*eetnessand artless character engaging manner and disposition quite won the c"y bred aristocrat fred lane there wa a freiihtjesa about everything she said or did she perplexed as well as delighted him often as he was wondering how some homely expression would be received in society eotne beautiful sentiment would suddenly drop like a pearl from her lips as remarkable for originality as for bril liancy if i should fall into the snare thought he i can educate her ; it will bo worth trying it is useless to combat the tender pas sion ; so at last he fell at helen's feet figuratively speaking and confessed his love for her i care not helen only be mine was his invariable answer to her declaration of an worthiness how you would appear in society they were married had returned from their wedding tour as yet at the expira tion of their honey-moon fred was more in love than ever at a grand entertain incut given by the relatives of the bride groom helen looked still more beautiful her husband did not insist that she should depart from simplicity and indeed in the absence ofall jewelry in her simply white robe she was by far the most lovely crea ture iti the room as he entered the great saloon blazing with light her heart faltered shall i love hitn as dearly she ask ed herself if i find he is ashamed nf mc 1 can't bear the thought ; bat should be oveicome all conventional notions then i have a husband to be honored and he shall be proud of his wife how she watched him as he presented her to another simple whispered a magnificent girl resplendent with diamonds she curled her lips and passed by the observation es caped neither helen nor her husband she looked tit him lie smiled and drew her closer to his side many in that brilliant gathering pitied p.-or fred and wondered how he had martyred himself on the shrine of ignorant rusticity the young bride stood near her hus band talking in a low tone when a new coiner appeared sho was a beautiful slightly-formed creature with haughty features ill-concealed scorn lurked iu lhe brilliant eyes win-never she glanced at helen ouce siie had held sway over the heart if fred and hearing whom he had man ied she fancied her lime had come do ynu suppose she knows anything whispered a low voice hi leu's eyes sparkled ; her face flash ed indignantly he was gout at a dis tance with a friend do you play mrs ?"' asked the haughty belle there was a mocking tone in her voice a little answered helen her cheeks blushing and sing ." a little was lhe half reply then do us a favor exclaimed miss somers looking askance at her compan ions com i myself will lead you to llie piano llaik whose masterly touch in stantly was the half spoken sentence ar rested ; the cold ear and head were turned iu listening surprise such melady ! such breadth depth and vigorous tones who is she ! she plays like an angel ! " who can she â€” " she turned from the piano and the unknown was bis wife how well she talks ! who would have thought it i he has found a treas ure was whispered all around the room tell me said he when they were alone what does this mean ? i feel like one awakened from a dream only a country girl said helen then folded in her husband's arms she added i am ihat little rustic that you had rather die than wed local emigration to north carolina our agency is encouraged by the fol lowing article taken from the springfield mass republican of november 24ih 187g consider how the leaven is work ing and our agency is beginning to real ize the vast proportions nt its future work the pioneers were sent on and their re ports being favorable crowds now follow to western north caroliua the plans which have for some time been maturing for planting a western massachusetts colony in north carolina are about completed sod the first i;iÂ»;all inent of colonists nuiubi ring some 12 families will start aboul lhe first week in december some 1 do more are expected to follow four or live families are going from this eity some frotn ohicopee four from nalick and four young men ga from northampton lo engage in stock raiÂ»intr i'he present intention of the managers is to locate iu burke county di rectly on the line of tbe western north carolina railroad and to build up a northern village about seven miles east of morganton the colony has the re fusal of a tract of 24 000 acres in a body of which 19,000 acres is very heavy white pine timbers at s2.50 per acre it is their intention to clear up a portion of the forest and engage both in miscellaneous farming aud lumbering it is hoped to take along machinery for saw plain ing and shingle mills and eventually to ship pine lumber to new york the freight is s15 on 100 feet from morgan ton to new york but the quality is so far superior to that now in market that it is believed a good business can be built up the region is believed to be rich in undeveloped minerals but these do not enter into the present calculations of the colonists the northampton men have already rented v stock range of 23,000 acres of maj w7ilson of morganton an ex-confederate soldier 6aid to own 100 000 acres and will engage in raising cat tle sheep and mules cattle can live out of-doors all winter aa the ground never freezes enough to prevent plowing and snow never lies oa more than a day new-milch cows in that region sell for about si!0 a yoke of steers old enough to work for s75 and horses and mules from s100 upward butter is quoted at 12j cents eggs 12 cents chickens 15 cents apiece pigs sl each and a saddle of venison sl the state of society is reported good and northern men who went out four years ago say they have never net with any trouble on account of their political principles iudeed the yankees find their best friends among the former secessiouists chances to take farms are very plenty on the most advan tageous terms an instance of this is aeen in the case of an up-river tobacco-farmer who lost everything in the panic of 73 and went to salisbury n c , the same year with hardly money enough to pay his freight bills hiring a little place on the edge of the town he bought a cow and began selling milk about the village in now englautl fashion a thing unheard of in that land then he bought stand j ing wood cut it and peddled it â€” another ! innovation â€” aud so kept on for two j'eare j getting out of debt und making money till au old planter who had watched the franklin countv hoy witb great admira tion came and offered lo lease him his homestead of 100 acres on his own terms the yankee accepted the offer and bolh are making money hundreds of planters in that section would be only too glad to rent their farms to new england men of like enterprise another party who went from wiibraham and vicinity some four years since and settled on the line of the north carolina and atlantic road near goldsboro are very enthusiastic in praise of the climate people and chances for business some of these people are run ning a shingle mill and report an excel lent home market the southerner es pecially the ex-rebels are very friendly and anxious for northern immigration none of the party ever hesitated to avow their republican principles nor were they ever molested or frowned on there for plenty of old plantations can be bought for almost a song one of 100 acres 500 heavy timber with a nice house but a few miles from goldsboro was lately sold for s3 000 and others can be had at similar rates the reason is that the people there have no money and norihern capitalists are as yet afraid to invest â€” springfield republican the republican has overdrawn this picture in ono point at least i e when it says tbe ground uever freezes enough to prevent plowing and snow never lies on it more than a day this is too mild for this latitude and morganton is about 80 miles farther west â€” it is true we often have verv mild winters bat gener ally it exceeds in severity the republi can's idea aud it is always necessary to afford protection to stock duiing winter if we desire to keep tbem in good order rich southern mining dis tricts georgia ano north carolina the new eldo rado a special correspondent of the phila delphia press writing to that paper from thi city under date of december 6th gives the following interesting informa tion concerning the mining districts of this stale and georgia he says : the mining districts of north carolina and georgia are again attracting attention since 1s_7 the gold discoveries in cali fornia have caused these southern mines to be neglected or abandoned altogether and still later the rebellion drove away northern capital aud retarded develop ments the return of peace has s**t the army of prospectors and miners again iu motion and over the hills aud down deep iu the valleys of georgia and the carolina the pick o lhe miner is heard iu quest of the glittering gold the centennial has done much towards bringing these rich mineral deposits to the knowledge of scientific men and capita lists from the pacific coast after a criti cal investigation these gentlemen have given it as their deliberate verdict that northern georgia and western north carolina are rich in gold and silver to say nothing of other minerals in which thoy abound near dahlonega georgia more lhan go stamp mills are now iu op eration ami tliere are several others iu while and hare counties in the same state in addition ta these there aie many miners engaged iu vein workings i'niiii which they often realize as much as i.12 t day silver on assay 7(3 per ton is being mined near gainsville geor gia but the neighborhood of charlotte north carolina is just now monopolizing the most attention where rich and con tinuous viens of gold and silver bearing quartz are now being worked ou au extensive scale in this district are found the famous capps mine and meciiin mine as far back as 1s53 the latter was worked by art english company some of the ore yielding sixty-one p r cent in tnetalic copper i learn that ibis valuable property is about to be worked on a large scale by a company of north ern capitalists crossing the catawba river this same rich vein is traced and it has been worked to some extent since 1s at this point is located the famous king's mountain maine from which gold to the extent of 2,000,000 has been ex tracted as appears from the records of the united states mint at charlotte and phila delphia though not as rich as some others the ore here is inexhauslable in quantity measuring thirty feet in thickness tel lurium ores have been found in this mine and to experts this is an infallible sign of richness another good sign in the king's mountain maine is that the ore is richer as ihe shaft descends it is now being worked at a depth of 200 feet but ' good judges like dr genth of phih phia believe that a depth of 1,500 feet marvellous wealth lies hiden the vein is said to he the largest yet found on this continent with the single exception of the bonanza vein at virginia city navada the advantages offered for investments in this district are not excelled anywhere and capitalists con templating embarking iu this profitable enterprise should consult professor genth of the university of pennsylvania in your city lie is thoroughly familiar with the mineral resources ol north caro liua and can furnish valuable assistance in the selection of properties for miuing purposes clark â€” â€”^^Â«- â– suppose hampton arrested a northern view of the absurdity of chamberlain's fofce bill from the new york h.rald . the chamberlain government in south carolina seems to be doing its best to provoke an outbreak but is not likely to succeed there is a rumor that it is the intention of governor chambeilain to cause the arrest of geu hampton on a charge of treason and our epeeiri report indicates that in case the attempt should be made by any force other than that of united states troops il would be resisted 1 he maekey house has passed a law de claring that any persons getting up a gov ernment or claiming to be a government against the legally elected government of the state shall be adjudged guilty of treason and imposing very heavv penal ties in tine and imprisonment all who aid or abet in the offence are subjected o similar punishment but such a law or the arrest of gen hampton with or with out puch a law would be futile the question would still remain which is lhe regular and legally elected government ? the state courts alone can decide this unices the state is put under the military rule of the united states suppose gen hampton should be arrested i he would be taken before the courts on a writ of habeas corpus aud released tliere would be no necessity for forcible resis tance suppose the mackey house law should be passed by the senate and signed by the governor ? the courts would pronounce it waste paper and no law at all it is true the mackey house and governor chamberlain threaten to turn out the judges of the supreme court and put in creatures of their own but tbis would excite such general indigna tion that it could scarely be cariied out tha ih of march next would terminate the outrage if governor hayes should then be in the presidential chair the friends of general hampton hav only to keep the peace under any and all ciicurn stances and to let the law take ils course admirable behavior of ihe southern leaders â€” will president grant recognize ft j it can no longer be said that the rep resentative men of the south are bourbons if that name implies men who forget nothing aud learn lothing no politi cal leaders ever evinced a better aptitude for profiting by experience the wi.doro moderation and loyalty of the southern members of congress and other exponents of southern opinion in tliis critical and exciting conjuncture ought to be met iu a similar spirit by lhe president and by all good citizens we atnhute this praise worthy attitude to the manliness of the southern character which his always scorned trick subteifuge and bluster â€” after president lincoln's election they die dained to cripple his administration by political manoeuvre ae tbey might easily have done wiih a democratic majority in bolh bou-je of congregg iuitead of this ihey withdrew their senators aud repre sentatives reducing their friends the dem ocrats to a minority and leaving the re publicans in full possession of the gov ernment they could uot compromise their character for sincerity having determiued to secede they took their measures boldly and relinquished the ad vantages they possessed for thwarting mr lincoln by adverse legislation as soon as their military power was broken by the fall of richmond they promptly accepted the situation making no attempt to prolong lhe contest by a guerilla war which would have caused the north great trouble erpen e and exhaustion â€” alter a tnauiy fight they made a manly submission not a sword has beeu lifted nor a musket discharged against the fed eral government since notwithstanding provocation trying to the temper of free men their creditable bearing iu tbis crisis is therefore iu keeping with the character for directness and sincerity which they have maintained through out our civil troubles â€” new york her aid th icves overtaken we have information to the cff ct that the man who stole stewart's mule was followed by hitn into lancaster county s c and found in the house of two white men and ihe mules in the stables belonging to the white men the negro who stole the mules made bis escape be ing aided by the white men in whose house he was stopping and under the same roof with the white men it is sus pected and believed that the headquarters of the horse thieves have been found and proper steps have been taken for the cap ture of the white men alluded to as well as tbe negro the mules belonging to the negroes that had been traded for stewart's mules were tinned over by mr stewart to parties to convey to their owners in lancaster county charlotte observer â€¢ a committee en route messrs w o troy of cumberland and i f dortch of wayne committee on the part of the senate and g m rose of cumberland one nf the commit tee on the part of the hoase to investi gate the affairs of the western north carolina railroad and of the western insane asylum as well arrived in this city last evening en route to the scenes of their investigation they leave at noon to-day and will be met at salisbury to-night by j 8 henderson esq of rowan and up the road by g w spake esq of jackson who make out the com mittee of two on the part of the senate and three on the part of the house these gentlemen arc not greatly taken witb the idea of spending their christmas holidays away from home but the state demands it of them and they very cheerfully as sent â€” ral news we regret lhat these gentlemen will be deprived of much of the pleasure shared by almost every body during the christ mas hollidays and trust they will find tbeir remuneration iu the consciousness of duty well performed they have a highly responsible duty entrusted to them and it may require patient investigation to dischage it faithfully tbe state is poor and badly in debt and tbe westeru n c r r properly managed will be one of the means of relieving her if it should fall into the hands of a ring such as have heretofore managed rail roads in this state it will be made the means of robbing the state and still furth er embarrassing her financial condition i we bave no doubt the committee are duly impressed with the importance of the work iu baud and possess the patri otism to keep the iuteiest of the state primarily and constantly in view if our state shall keep pace with the improve ments of lhe age her representatives mu.st can-fully protect her r ii interests again_t scheming vampires judge fowle on the presi dential problem the fast train yesterday morning bronght to ihis town judge fowle of kil.ii.li on hi way home from washing ton where he had been summoned by a senate commiitee to be interviewed touching the reported ineligibility of mr glenn one of the tilden electors from this state it seem1 however that chan dler morton iz co had become thorough ly satisfied that there was no foundation for the report and the sabject had been dismissed long before the judge arrived at washington judge fowle is ofthe opinion that our prospects bave brightened very much within the past week and that indeed gov tilden'g prospects improve with each day he relates conversations which he had with a number of leading demo cratic and republican congressmen and others of prominence aud comes to lhe conclusion that the reports from the sev eral congressional committees now in the three disputed sutes will quietly settle the aiatter our democratic friends in washington he represents to be very hopeful that tilden and hendricks will both be inau gurated they are in no mood to sur render the houestly gained victory yet counsel nothing like revolutionary meas ures they believe that tilden and hen dricks have been fairly and legally elect ed by much more than the necessary ma jority in the electoral college and will use ail available constitutional means tn secure them the possession of the of fice the democrats feel confident that the result of tbe investigations now going on in louisiana and florida will give both these states to tilden and hendricks on the final count the manly letter from gen francis c bul ow one of the most thoroughgoing of the republicans sent down to inspect the result in florida leaves no doubt that the tilden electors were lawfully chosen iu that state the letter las encouraged the democrats while the republicans feel corresponding ly despondent judge fowle thinks that if the result of the investigating commit tees shall demonstrate the alleged frauds oa the part of the reluming boards many of the more honest republicans would join the democrats ia declaring tilden elected he thinks thero are more independent thinkers on the repub lican side than would be imagined â€” goldsboro messenger sale of bonds â€” a goodm showing for charlotte at the conrt house door on wednes day at 12 o'clock c f harrison city auctioneer sold four s-loo bonds of the city of charlotte bearing g per ceut interest and due 1*??g for 90 cents on the dollar a sooo north carolina slate bond issued in 1s5s for the construction of ihe western north carolina railroad aud due in 1s7s and bearing g per cent interest brought only so0 ten cents on the dollar the sale of the latter was however withdrawn this is not mnch of a showing for our state but a very re markable one for the city from all that we can learn there is no cily iu the south which can equal us in this respect our city debt is smaller iu proportion to its size thau that of any city in the slate by at least one half if we remember correct ly and less than the debt of any south ern city of whose business we have auy knowledge â€” charlotte observer none but the eye of omniscience can pass a fair aud just judgment on the is sues of life our unfrnitfulness it grea onr sins greater but god's mercies great ' er than both death or lhe grand niece of daniel b'-sone mrs jermima setzer whose grand j father was a brother of daaiel boone died last saturday night at her residence near lenoir she was ninety-one years old was a woman of unusual strength of i intellect and character and was noted also for her goodness of heart she was never ont of the county in which she was born and raised she is the last of a long hue of our oldest citizeus â€” lenoir topic convicts sent to the western n c rail road yesterday morning 50 additional con victs were sent out under a sufficient gnard for the work on the western north carolina railroad three from simpson and iwu from cumberland just arrived at the penitentiary yesterday morning were not pal in their cells at all but had no sooner donned their striped suits than they were seut right oil with the parly â€” ral news look oat we understand that a great number of those persons indicted for failure to take out license and list purchases failed at last term of court to renew their bonds and are now liable for the additiotv.il costs of a set fa on their old bonds we are authorized to say that all who pay 5 92 between now and the 1st of january next will be discharged without further cost j aud the cases will be put ofi the docket the 2 9 may be paid to the cleik or sheriff â€” ral news the language of flowers he who does not appreciate floral bean ty is to be pitied like a man who is born imperfect it is a misfnriuue ni t unlike blindness when one can look upon the | simple wild rose and feci no pleasure i taste has been corrupted even a veiv common flower adds generosity to beauty it gives joy to the poor and to the multi lodes who could have no share of the fragrance were nature to charge a price for her blossoms we confess to a homely enthusiasm for red clover it holds up its round j ruddy face and honest head with sucii i rustic innocence ! do you ever see it j wiihout thinking of a sensible sanbrowr ed and fearless country la ? we go through a held of clover like solomou in ! a garden ol spices there is the muliien j with it velvet leaves growing cheerfully out of abandoued uils bat usually leit like a decayed old gentleman to a go id natured pity the flowers of our child i hood the buttercups the burdock the i marigold and the morning-glories a homely people with noble beans beauti lul by association flowers hive an expression some seem to smile same look sad some are pensive aud diffident others are plain honest and upright like the broad faced sunflower and the hollyhock what a pity they can utter no sound imagine a siuging rose a whispering violet a murmuring honey-suckle ! ( mi what rare and exquisite melody this would be it takes money for fine liuen and money fur a costly sepul.hre ; but dowers the poorest may have if one cannot give a stone to mark a bin ial place a rose may stand there and though it may fade it will come again year by vear thus flowers are messengers of affection presents of beauty of universal accept ance tokens of remembrance and in them we may all recognize a brief and transient brotherhood yes flowers have an expression â€” a language â€” aud the young man who on reading the above should take a strong fancy to the red clover blossom and in the nifciic innocence of his soul present one of them to his sweet heart and afterwards find out that the language of that il w er was something like this â€” as ugly as the devil â€” would be very careful how to put in his next appearance at his girl's house those who give flowers to sweet hearts should know their language or else disclaim all knowledge of it in order to be on the safe side she wouldn't spc.j to him when a vo_ng chicago man came down stairs the other moruitig he remeni hered that his wife who was preparing breakfast had not spoken to him when she g>'t up so he said chee fully : good morning little lady not a word cam in reply vod morning said he again in a higher key thinking she might not have heard him before l'm â€” m â€” m was all that escaped from her sealed lips as she kept on with her work why under the sun don't you answer me he exclaimed iu surprise v hat's the matter what have i done to off nd you ?" lm â€” m â€” m was still the only sound elicited look here then exclaimed the hus band as he jumped up and knocki 1 av r a cup of coffee i dou't swallow a mouth ful of this breakfast until yoa tell me ' what's the matter what s the matter ?" echoed she snd i denly turning upon him wi h flashing eyes and then she continued :â€” ] john adell smithson the next time ihat j i dream i see you kis-ing another wo ! man i â€” i â€” 1 will leave ilis house â€” boo j boo !" the tax payers of south caroliua are â– determined not to pay a cent of tribute to the chambt tlain usuipation stephens and the flag special to the chicago times washtnotox pec 13 mr speak er !" rang out a shtili high-pitched voico above the din and clamor of the early opening of to-day's bession of the house mr randall turned toward alexander ii stephen with a prompt courtesy in an swer to tbe sin ill voice and said : the gentleman from georgia every one turned at once toward the black-eyed ghost of a man silting so quietly buried iu his overcoat with a silk hat of beveral winters perched r iki shly upon his wise looking head mr stephens moved his skeleton right bs lin a brown cotton glove as be said : i have a reso lution that 1 desire lo scud up to the cleik's w â€” a res lution which 1 de sire to have lead and put npon its pas sage an awful rile..c fell upon tiie house assembly perhaps the georgia ghost had evolved some new scheme for saving the couutr and every one craned his neck and carefully rooked his eats as the clerk began to read stephens mean while remaining grim and impassive the clerk read and then every one smil ed a sulky smile of disappointment it was a resolution declaring that mr john chauncy should be paid s3 5 0 a day for peiforming the arduous task of hoisting the american tli every day upon house side â€” chauncy's pay has beeu stopped on account vine exhaustion of the special appropiiati in hence tins res >- lution it was passed said onc mem ber in a whisper to a friend : can you doubt that the s i:h is reconstructed when the ex-vice president of the south ern confederacy appears here asking pay for lhe n;.;:i whose sole duty ; to propel on high tin gay where it can flauut its gaudy face in morning breeze /" al h steph â€¢ ns g ive i vi t>f reli f as i â€¢ reaoluli ti passed dick !*' he called out in a testy whisper a bui ley n gro came from the cl ..." room and ga hi red up stephen iu his hurley arms carried bim oui to a light iu valid chair where two stout servants seized upou the 1 1 ._ i ghost placed him on a level \ sb inlders ami bore him f ill i was mr stephens first legislative act in the forty four ih cot'grijs import s t am st night before 1 i i o'cl tk mr j sd kendiick arrested a negro man who called himself adolphos dinkins b.i wh â€¢ is kn vo in th - city as ham phries davids . ge ol hav iug committed tl in mis beaity lasi august davidson lis been sus pected t .;- â– bnt ins managed to elude irresl until now lie was ar at the hous â– of mr kell in lower meck lenburg and is said !â– â€¢ have a-i come from sautuc iu > uth <*.. iiua where he is accused _. . i a crime of the same character it on lhe person of a white lady there and which he has con fessed ou int . ites to think that he is the brute who committed t . horrible crime tq itty audi i lady it is said will visit him iti jail to day tor the purpose ol identifying bim â€” char lotte observer - â™¦â™¦ _- horse stealing the amount oi horse stealing which has been going on throughout this section of country during the lis week or ten days is positively alarming and cora pels the belief that ait't is a band of ne es regularly i lor tbe purpose o committing these th its and that ihey aid each othei i.i making their escape wiihin the 1 1 several days there have been four stolen ! irses recovered in this city but tifi far ouly onc of the thieves have been caught in every instance except one they hav i to trade lhe sl i t : ir otl era which they sell and . . on ji . mr a m stewa suppei two valuable mules were stolen from his stables the uext day it i in the cilj and found them bitched to a co -. wagon belonging tn two negroes named respectively r 1 mobley and joseph tilman and ieprc t*ei â€¢ _ ives to be fiom h carol y were arrested but proved lhat ll j . . â– aded for them from a par ty the nighl i ; re who from the descrip tion appears : â€¢ be a well known negro in skai hi township who ins not bee heard of since on friday night the sib mr r l simpson of this county had a horse bto len !.. m a back l"t in the city and in a few days afterwards found it at the house ofa negio who baid that he picked up the horse oo the big mad he was uot arrested about j ago mi if b ]: -. bam of pi hip also ! h :-â€¢â€¢ which dis ipj â€¢ u i from his table aod 1'ni-sd i_v he i j - â€” i â€¢ . i of two men from iredell i they had purchasi \ i : *.. . . gro a sh a i tim i ft is said to have bi â€¢ .. â€¢ tuesday a party from lancaster iden tified a valuable horse which bad been i a short time i , in the posses y the name ot jim ed wards who proved that he had bought him from anotl by the name of jesse fli .; .; sou i ; the sum of 615 rhompson was arrest d aud lodged in fail it i well known that tliere jg l,tr,rq number of degree's in the ci y who have no visible means ol support and who live entirely on what they ran steal last year they practiced highway robbery aud sneak thieving and this year they bav vn 'â– " i g ' i'he ouly u ; hl li l â– â– meveuiing u"i id a j rigid eufun uitnt oi ihe vagrant law char obsci i .

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the carolina watchman vol vin third series salisbury r j january 4 1877 no 12 bushed weekly j j brl'nek ed and prop t k brunei associate ed scbsckiption hates : ter year payable ln advance 2 00 six months 1 sin advertising kates t one inch one pul>lk\i on 1 oo â€¢' " two publications 150 contract rates lor months or a vear -" only a country girl by james lester you are mistaken ; i would rather die than to many a mere country girl but fred suppose her intelligent full of nataral poetry tenderhearted graceful unspoiled by admiration a guiless simple loving creature ?" o said fred laughing choice se lection of virtue and grace country beauties are always sweet aod so are country cows no i tell vou if she was as lovely as an angel with the best sense in the world still if unskilled in literature aud music with no soul above churns and knitting needles i would r.ot marry her for a fortune ha h;i !" laughed helen irving hidden by the trunk of a tree she gat reading within a few feet of the egotist in another moment the young lady came in sight fred's face crimsoned he whispered in visible trepidation do you think she heard me ?" no ' r joined the other audibly she has dot even looked from her book you are safe leaning on one white arm the old oak tree iu the background flowers strewed around her she sat quite at ease appar ently unconscious that two handsome young men were near her approaching with a low bow upou v hich his minor had set the stamp of faultless elegance fred tic lane took the liberty of asking if the young lady would inform him wheie mr irving liv ed ? with tin innocent smile the young lady looked up mr irving the only one living in the village is my father she said rising in a graceful and charming manner the large house on high ground half hidden by trees and thick shrubbery there is where we live fred replied with a very graceful bow tell your father that i will do myself the honor to call ou him to-morrow he will remember me â€” frederic lane at at your service les sir i will tell him said helen touching her sleeves around her preity arms and making rather a formal courte sy then catching np lier books and gathering the scattered flowers she hur rird home now father mother aunt and sis etclaiuicd the merry girl bouncing into tho room where the family were at sup per so sure as you live lhat mr lane you spoke so much about is in the village he will call here to-morrow tbe finest spcciiuent of a city beau as of course he will be all sentiment faultless in kid and dickey important and self assured as one of the kind can possibly be promise me all of you that you will not lisp one word about music reading and writing in his presence because i have a plan father will not 1 know and if you sis will be quiet and ask no questions i will give you that work-box you have coveted so long why on that condition i'll be as still as a mouse but what's the reason v oh that's my own busiaess said helen dancing out of the room â€¢ â€¢ # â€¢ * * * helen sat at the open window where roses ihrust tlicir blushing bud making bsib shade and sweet fragrance the canary overhead burst forth every moment in wild snatches uf glorious music hel en was al work on long blue stockings nearly finished and her fingers hew like enow hirua you knit most admirably ; are you fond of it . yes quite ; i like it better than any thing else â€” lhat is i mean i can churn well and do you read much ?" fred's glance had traveled from lhe coiners of his eyes to every table shelf and corner in search of books and papers but net a page yellow or red repaid his search oh yes said helen with a sancti fied air what books ? permit me to ask i read the bible a good deal she said gravely is thai all all ! of course not â€” yet what do \ ou not find in the bible ? history poetry eloquence romance the most thrilling ] athos ;" blushing and recoil cling her self she added m a manner as childish as it had before been dignified : as for olher books let me see what i have got in my library ; there's the primmer counting on her fingers second last header robbiuson crusoe nursery tales two or three elements of something bio graphy of some person or other mother's mag./.itip aud king william hi there isn't that a good assortment ]" fied smiled perhaps 1 do not know as mucli as those who have been to school more she added as if disappointment at the mute rejoinder but in making bread churning butter and keeping liouse i am lot to be outdone the young man felt more in pity than in love bat his visits did not always so suit he began to fed a magnetic at traction and he mainly attributed it to helen's beauty ; but ihe truth is her r*eetnessand artless character engaging manner and disposition quite won the c"y bred aristocrat fred lane there wa a freiihtjesa about everything she said or did she perplexed as well as delighted him often as he was wondering how some homely expression would be received in society eotne beautiful sentiment would suddenly drop like a pearl from her lips as remarkable for originality as for bril liancy if i should fall into the snare thought he i can educate her ; it will bo worth trying it is useless to combat the tender pas sion ; so at last he fell at helen's feet figuratively speaking and confessed his love for her i care not helen only be mine was his invariable answer to her declaration of an worthiness how you would appear in society they were married had returned from their wedding tour as yet at the expira tion of their honey-moon fred was more in love than ever at a grand entertain incut given by the relatives of the bride groom helen looked still more beautiful her husband did not insist that she should depart from simplicity and indeed in the absence ofall jewelry in her simply white robe she was by far the most lovely crea ture iti the room as he entered the great saloon blazing with light her heart faltered shall i love hitn as dearly she ask ed herself if i find he is ashamed nf mc 1 can't bear the thought ; bat should be oveicome all conventional notions then i have a husband to be honored and he shall be proud of his wife how she watched him as he presented her to another simple whispered a magnificent girl resplendent with diamonds she curled her lips and passed by the observation es caped neither helen nor her husband she looked tit him lie smiled and drew her closer to his side many in that brilliant gathering pitied p.-or fred and wondered how he had martyred himself on the shrine of ignorant rusticity the young bride stood near her hus band talking in a low tone when a new coiner appeared sho was a beautiful slightly-formed creature with haughty features ill-concealed scorn lurked iu lhe brilliant eyes win-never she glanced at helen ouce siie had held sway over the heart if fred and hearing whom he had man ied she fancied her lime had come do ynu suppose she knows anything whispered a low voice hi leu's eyes sparkled ; her face flash ed indignantly he was gout at a dis tance with a friend do you play mrs ?"' asked the haughty belle there was a mocking tone in her voice a little answered helen her cheeks blushing and sing ." a little was lhe half reply then do us a favor exclaimed miss somers looking askance at her compan ions com i myself will lead you to llie piano llaik whose masterly touch in stantly was the half spoken sentence ar rested ; the cold ear and head were turned iu listening surprise such melady ! such breadth depth and vigorous tones who is she ! she plays like an angel ! " who can she â€” " she turned from the piano and the unknown was bis wife how well she talks ! who would have thought it i he has found a treas ure was whispered all around the room tell me said he when they were alone what does this mean ? i feel like one awakened from a dream only a country girl said helen then folded in her husband's arms she added i am ihat little rustic that you had rather die than wed local emigration to north carolina our agency is encouraged by the fol lowing article taken from the springfield mass republican of november 24ih 187g consider how the leaven is work ing and our agency is beginning to real ize the vast proportions nt its future work the pioneers were sent on and their re ports being favorable crowds now follow to western north caroliua the plans which have for some time been maturing for planting a western massachusetts colony in north carolina are about completed sod the first i;iÂ»;all inent of colonists nuiubi ring some 12 families will start aboul lhe first week in december some 1 do more are expected to follow four or live families are going from this eity some frotn ohicopee four from nalick and four young men ga from northampton lo engage in stock raiÂ»intr i'he present intention of the managers is to locate iu burke county di rectly on the line of tbe western north carolina railroad and to build up a northern village about seven miles east of morganton the colony has the re fusal of a tract of 24 000 acres in a body of which 19,000 acres is very heavy white pine timbers at s2.50 per acre it is their intention to clear up a portion of the forest and engage both in miscellaneous farming aud lumbering it is hoped to take along machinery for saw plain ing and shingle mills and eventually to ship pine lumber to new york the freight is s15 on 100 feet from morgan ton to new york but the quality is so far superior to that now in market that it is believed a good business can be built up the region is believed to be rich in undeveloped minerals but these do not enter into the present calculations of the colonists the northampton men have already rented v stock range of 23,000 acres of maj w7ilson of morganton an ex-confederate soldier 6aid to own 100 000 acres and will engage in raising cat tle sheep and mules cattle can live out of-doors all winter aa the ground never freezes enough to prevent plowing and snow never lies oa more than a day new-milch cows in that region sell for about si!0 a yoke of steers old enough to work for s75 and horses and mules from s100 upward butter is quoted at 12j cents eggs 12 cents chickens 15 cents apiece pigs sl each and a saddle of venison sl the state of society is reported good and northern men who went out four years ago say they have never net with any trouble on account of their political principles iudeed the yankees find their best friends among the former secessiouists chances to take farms are very plenty on the most advan tageous terms an instance of this is aeen in the case of an up-river tobacco-farmer who lost everything in the panic of 73 and went to salisbury n c , the same year with hardly money enough to pay his freight bills hiring a little place on the edge of the town he bought a cow and began selling milk about the village in now englautl fashion a thing unheard of in that land then he bought stand j ing wood cut it and peddled it â€” another ! innovation â€” aud so kept on for two j'eare j getting out of debt und making money till au old planter who had watched the franklin countv hoy witb great admira tion came and offered lo lease him his homestead of 100 acres on his own terms the yankee accepted the offer and bolh are making money hundreds of planters in that section would be only too glad to rent their farms to new england men of like enterprise another party who went from wiibraham and vicinity some four years since and settled on the line of the north carolina and atlantic road near goldsboro are very enthusiastic in praise of the climate people and chances for business some of these people are run ning a shingle mill and report an excel lent home market the southerner es pecially the ex-rebels are very friendly and anxious for northern immigration none of the party ever hesitated to avow their republican principles nor were they ever molested or frowned on there for plenty of old plantations can be bought for almost a song one of 100 acres 500 heavy timber with a nice house but a few miles from goldsboro was lately sold for s3 000 and others can be had at similar rates the reason is that the people there have no money and norihern capitalists are as yet afraid to invest â€” springfield republican the republican has overdrawn this picture in ono point at least i e when it says tbe ground uever freezes enough to prevent plowing and snow never lies on it more than a day this is too mild for this latitude and morganton is about 80 miles farther west â€” it is true we often have verv mild winters bat gener ally it exceeds in severity the republi can's idea aud it is always necessary to afford protection to stock duiing winter if we desire to keep tbem in good order rich southern mining dis tricts georgia ano north carolina the new eldo rado a special correspondent of the phila delphia press writing to that paper from thi city under date of december 6th gives the following interesting informa tion concerning the mining districts of this stale and georgia he says : the mining districts of north carolina and georgia are again attracting attention since 1s_7 the gold discoveries in cali fornia have caused these southern mines to be neglected or abandoned altogether and still later the rebellion drove away northern capital aud retarded develop ments the return of peace has s**t the army of prospectors and miners again iu motion and over the hills aud down deep iu the valleys of georgia and the carolina the pick o lhe miner is heard iu quest of the glittering gold the centennial has done much towards bringing these rich mineral deposits to the knowledge of scientific men and capita lists from the pacific coast after a criti cal investigation these gentlemen have given it as their deliberate verdict that northern georgia and western north carolina are rich in gold and silver to say nothing of other minerals in which thoy abound near dahlonega georgia more lhan go stamp mills are now iu op eration ami tliere are several others iu while and hare counties in the same state in addition ta these there aie many miners engaged iu vein workings i'niiii which they often realize as much as i.12 t day silver on assay 7(3 per ton is being mined near gainsville geor gia but the neighborhood of charlotte north carolina is just now monopolizing the most attention where rich and con tinuous viens of gold and silver bearing quartz are now being worked ou au extensive scale in this district are found the famous capps mine and meciiin mine as far back as 1s53 the latter was worked by art english company some of the ore yielding sixty-one p r cent in tnetalic copper i learn that ibis valuable property is about to be worked on a large scale by a company of north ern capitalists crossing the catawba river this same rich vein is traced and it has been worked to some extent since 1s at this point is located the famous king's mountain maine from which gold to the extent of 2,000,000 has been ex tracted as appears from the records of the united states mint at charlotte and phila delphia though not as rich as some others the ore here is inexhauslable in quantity measuring thirty feet in thickness tel lurium ores have been found in this mine and to experts this is an infallible sign of richness another good sign in the king's mountain maine is that the ore is richer as ihe shaft descends it is now being worked at a depth of 200 feet but ' good judges like dr genth of phih phia believe that a depth of 1,500 feet marvellous wealth lies hiden the vein is said to he the largest yet found on this continent with the single exception of the bonanza vein at virginia city navada the advantages offered for investments in this district are not excelled anywhere and capitalists con templating embarking iu this profitable enterprise should consult professor genth of the university of pennsylvania in your city lie is thoroughly familiar with the mineral resources ol north caro liua and can furnish valuable assistance in the selection of properties for miuing purposes clark â€” â€”^^Â«- â– suppose hampton arrested a northern view of the absurdity of chamberlain's fofce bill from the new york h.rald . the chamberlain government in south carolina seems to be doing its best to provoke an outbreak but is not likely to succeed there is a rumor that it is the intention of governor chambeilain to cause the arrest of geu hampton on a charge of treason and our epeeiri report indicates that in case the attempt should be made by any force other than that of united states troops il would be resisted 1 he maekey house has passed a law de claring that any persons getting up a gov ernment or claiming to be a government against the legally elected government of the state shall be adjudged guilty of treason and imposing very heavv penal ties in tine and imprisonment all who aid or abet in the offence are subjected o similar punishment but such a law or the arrest of gen hampton with or with out puch a law would be futile the question would still remain which is lhe regular and legally elected government ? the state courts alone can decide this unices the state is put under the military rule of the united states suppose gen hampton should be arrested i he would be taken before the courts on a writ of habeas corpus aud released tliere would be no necessity for forcible resis tance suppose the mackey house law should be passed by the senate and signed by the governor ? the courts would pronounce it waste paper and no law at all it is true the mackey house and governor chamberlain threaten to turn out the judges of the supreme court and put in creatures of their own but tbis would excite such general indigna tion that it could scarely be cariied out tha ih of march next would terminate the outrage if governor hayes should then be in the presidential chair the friends of general hampton hav only to keep the peace under any and all ciicurn stances and to let the law take ils course admirable behavior of ihe southern leaders â€” will president grant recognize ft j it can no longer be said that the rep resentative men of the south are bourbons if that name implies men who forget nothing aud learn lothing no politi cal leaders ever evinced a better aptitude for profiting by experience the wi.doro moderation and loyalty of the southern members of congress and other exponents of southern opinion in tliis critical and exciting conjuncture ought to be met iu a similar spirit by lhe president and by all good citizens we atnhute this praise worthy attitude to the manliness of the southern character which his always scorned trick subteifuge and bluster â€” after president lincoln's election they die dained to cripple his administration by political manoeuvre ae tbey might easily have done wiih a democratic majority in bolh bou-je of congregg iuitead of this ihey withdrew their senators aud repre sentatives reducing their friends the dem ocrats to a minority and leaving the re publicans in full possession of the gov ernment they could uot compromise their character for sincerity having determiued to secede they took their measures boldly and relinquished the ad vantages they possessed for thwarting mr lincoln by adverse legislation as soon as their military power was broken by the fall of richmond they promptly accepted the situation making no attempt to prolong lhe contest by a guerilla war which would have caused the north great trouble erpen e and exhaustion â€” alter a tnauiy fight they made a manly submission not a sword has beeu lifted nor a musket discharged against the fed eral government since notwithstanding provocation trying to the temper of free men their creditable bearing iu tbis crisis is therefore iu keeping with the character for directness and sincerity which they have maintained through out our civil troubles â€” new york her aid th icves overtaken we have information to the cff ct that the man who stole stewart's mule was followed by hitn into lancaster county s c and found in the house of two white men and ihe mules in the stables belonging to the white men the negro who stole the mules made bis escape be ing aided by the white men in whose house he was stopping and under the same roof with the white men it is sus pected and believed that the headquarters of the horse thieves have been found and proper steps have been taken for the cap ture of the white men alluded to as well as tbe negro the mules belonging to the negroes that had been traded for stewart's mules were tinned over by mr stewart to parties to convey to their owners in lancaster county charlotte observer â€¢ a committee en route messrs w o troy of cumberland and i f dortch of wayne committee on the part of the senate and g m rose of cumberland one nf the commit tee on the part of the hoase to investi gate the affairs of the western north carolina railroad and of the western insane asylum as well arrived in this city last evening en route to the scenes of their investigation they leave at noon to-day and will be met at salisbury to-night by j 8 henderson esq of rowan and up the road by g w spake esq of jackson who make out the com mittee of two on the part of the senate and three on the part of the house these gentlemen arc not greatly taken witb the idea of spending their christmas holidays away from home but the state demands it of them and they very cheerfully as sent â€” ral news we regret lhat these gentlemen will be deprived of much of the pleasure shared by almost every body during the christ mas hollidays and trust they will find tbeir remuneration iu the consciousness of duty well performed they have a highly responsible duty entrusted to them and it may require patient investigation to dischage it faithfully tbe state is poor and badly in debt and tbe westeru n c r r properly managed will be one of the means of relieving her if it should fall into the hands of a ring such as have heretofore managed rail roads in this state it will be made the means of robbing the state and still furth er embarrassing her financial condition i we bave no doubt the committee are duly impressed with the importance of the work iu baud and possess the patri otism to keep the iuteiest of the state primarily and constantly in view if our state shall keep pace with the improve ments of lhe age her representatives mu.st can-fully protect her r ii interests again_t scheming vampires judge fowle on the presi dential problem the fast train yesterday morning bronght to ihis town judge fowle of kil.ii.li on hi way home from washing ton where he had been summoned by a senate commiitee to be interviewed touching the reported ineligibility of mr glenn one of the tilden electors from this state it seem1 however that chan dler morton iz co had become thorough ly satisfied that there was no foundation for the report and the sabject had been dismissed long before the judge arrived at washington judge fowle is ofthe opinion that our prospects bave brightened very much within the past week and that indeed gov tilden'g prospects improve with each day he relates conversations which he had with a number of leading demo cratic and republican congressmen and others of prominence aud comes to lhe conclusion that the reports from the sev eral congressional committees now in the three disputed sutes will quietly settle the aiatter our democratic friends in washington he represents to be very hopeful that tilden and hendricks will both be inau gurated they are in no mood to sur render the houestly gained victory yet counsel nothing like revolutionary meas ures they believe that tilden and hen dricks have been fairly and legally elect ed by much more than the necessary ma jority in the electoral college and will use ail available constitutional means tn secure them the possession of the of fice the democrats feel confident that the result of tbe investigations now going on in louisiana and florida will give both these states to tilden and hendricks on the final count the manly letter from gen francis c bul ow one of the most thoroughgoing of the republicans sent down to inspect the result in florida leaves no doubt that the tilden electors were lawfully chosen iu that state the letter las encouraged the democrats while the republicans feel corresponding ly despondent judge fowle thinks that if the result of the investigating commit tees shall demonstrate the alleged frauds oa the part of the reluming boards many of the more honest republicans would join the democrats ia declaring tilden elected he thinks thero are more independent thinkers on the repub lican side than would be imagined â€” goldsboro messenger sale of bonds â€” a goodm showing for charlotte at the conrt house door on wednes day at 12 o'clock c f harrison city auctioneer sold four s-loo bonds of the city of charlotte bearing g per ceut interest and due 1*??g for 90 cents on the dollar a sooo north carolina slate bond issued in 1s5s for the construction of ihe western north carolina railroad aud due in 1s7s and bearing g per cent interest brought only so0 ten cents on the dollar the sale of the latter was however withdrawn this is not mnch of a showing for our state but a very re markable one for the city from all that we can learn there is no cily iu the south which can equal us in this respect our city debt is smaller iu proportion to its size thau that of any city in the slate by at least one half if we remember correct ly and less than the debt of any south ern city of whose business we have auy knowledge â€” charlotte observer none but the eye of omniscience can pass a fair aud just judgment on the is sues of life our unfrnitfulness it grea onr sins greater but god's mercies great ' er than both death or lhe grand niece of daniel b'-sone mrs jermima setzer whose grand j father was a brother of daaiel boone died last saturday night at her residence near lenoir she was ninety-one years old was a woman of unusual strength of i intellect and character and was noted also for her goodness of heart she was never ont of the county in which she was born and raised she is the last of a long hue of our oldest citizeus â€” lenoir topic convicts sent to the western n c rail road yesterday morning 50 additional con victs were sent out under a sufficient gnard for the work on the western north carolina railroad three from simpson and iwu from cumberland just arrived at the penitentiary yesterday morning were not pal in their cells at all but had no sooner donned their striped suits than they were seut right oil with the parly â€” ral news look oat we understand that a great number of those persons indicted for failure to take out license and list purchases failed at last term of court to renew their bonds and are now liable for the additiotv.il costs of a set fa on their old bonds we are authorized to say that all who pay 5 92 between now and the 1st of january next will be discharged without further cost j aud the cases will be put ofi the docket the 2 9 may be paid to the cleik or sheriff â€” ral news the language of flowers he who does not appreciate floral bean ty is to be pitied like a man who is born imperfect it is a misfnriuue ni t unlike blindness when one can look upon the | simple wild rose and feci no pleasure i taste has been corrupted even a veiv common flower adds generosity to beauty it gives joy to the poor and to the multi lodes who could have no share of the fragrance were nature to charge a price for her blossoms we confess to a homely enthusiasm for red clover it holds up its round j ruddy face and honest head with sucii i rustic innocence ! do you ever see it j wiihout thinking of a sensible sanbrowr ed and fearless country la ? we go through a held of clover like solomou in ! a garden ol spices there is the muliien j with it velvet leaves growing cheerfully out of abandoued uils bat usually leit like a decayed old gentleman to a go id natured pity the flowers of our child i hood the buttercups the burdock the i marigold and the morning-glories a homely people with noble beans beauti lul by association flowers hive an expression some seem to smile same look sad some are pensive aud diffident others are plain honest and upright like the broad faced sunflower and the hollyhock what a pity they can utter no sound imagine a siuging rose a whispering violet a murmuring honey-suckle ! ( mi what rare and exquisite melody this would be it takes money for fine liuen and money fur a costly sepul.hre ; but dowers the poorest may have if one cannot give a stone to mark a bin ial place a rose may stand there and though it may fade it will come again year by vear thus flowers are messengers of affection presents of beauty of universal accept ance tokens of remembrance and in them we may all recognize a brief and transient brotherhood yes flowers have an expression â€” a language â€” aud the young man who on reading the above should take a strong fancy to the red clover blossom and in the nifciic innocence of his soul present one of them to his sweet heart and afterwards find out that the language of that il w er was something like this â€” as ugly as the devil â€” would be very careful how to put in his next appearance at his girl's house those who give flowers to sweet hearts should know their language or else disclaim all knowledge of it in order to be on the safe side she wouldn't spc.j to him when a vo_ng chicago man came down stairs the other moruitig he remeni hered that his wife who was preparing breakfast had not spoken to him when she g>'t up so he said chee fully : good morning little lady not a word cam in reply vod morning said he again in a higher key thinking she might not have heard him before l'm â€” m â€” m was all that escaped from her sealed lips as she kept on with her work why under the sun don't you answer me he exclaimed iu surprise v hat's the matter what have i done to off nd you ?" lm â€” m â€” m was still the only sound elicited look here then exclaimed the hus band as he jumped up and knocki 1 av r a cup of coffee i dou't swallow a mouth ful of this breakfast until yoa tell me ' what's the matter what s the matter ?" echoed she snd i denly turning upon him wi h flashing eyes and then she continued :â€” ] john adell smithson the next time ihat j i dream i see you kis-ing another wo ! man i â€” i â€” 1 will leave ilis house â€” boo j boo !" the tax payers of south caroliua are â– determined not to pay a cent of tribute to the chambt tlain usuipation stephens and the flag special to the chicago times washtnotox pec 13 mr speak er !" rang out a shtili high-pitched voico above the din and clamor of the early opening of to-day's bession of the house mr randall turned toward alexander ii stephen with a prompt courtesy in an swer to tbe sin ill voice and said : the gentleman from georgia every one turned at once toward the black-eyed ghost of a man silting so quietly buried iu his overcoat with a silk hat of beveral winters perched r iki shly upon his wise looking head mr stephens moved his skeleton right bs lin a brown cotton glove as be said : i have a reso lution that 1 desire lo scud up to the cleik's w â€” a res lution which 1 de sire to have lead and put npon its pas sage an awful rile..c fell upon tiie house assembly perhaps the georgia ghost had evolved some new scheme for saving the couutr and every one craned his neck and carefully rooked his eats as the clerk began to read stephens mean while remaining grim and impassive the clerk read and then every one smil ed a sulky smile of disappointment it was a resolution declaring that mr john chauncy should be paid s3 5 0 a day for peiforming the arduous task of hoisting the american tli every day upon house side â€” chauncy's pay has beeu stopped on account vine exhaustion of the special appropiiati in hence tins res >- lution it was passed said onc mem ber in a whisper to a friend : can you doubt that the s i:h is reconstructed when the ex-vice president of the south ern confederacy appears here asking pay for lhe n;.;:i whose sole duty ; to propel on high tin gay where it can flauut its gaudy face in morning breeze /" al h steph â€¢ ns g ive i vi t>f reli f as i â€¢ reaoluli ti passed dick !*' he called out in a testy whisper a bui ley n gro came from the cl ..." room and ga hi red up stephen iu his hurley arms carried bim oui to a light iu valid chair where two stout servants seized upou the 1 1 ._ i ghost placed him on a level \ sb inlders ami bore him f ill i was mr stephens first legislative act in the forty four ih cot'grijs import s t am st night before 1 i i o'cl tk mr j sd kendiick arrested a negro man who called himself adolphos dinkins b.i wh â€¢ is kn vo in th - city as ham phries davids . ge ol hav iug committed tl in mis beaity lasi august davidson lis been sus pected t .;- â– bnt ins managed to elude irresl until now lie was ar at the hous â– of mr kell in lower meck lenburg and is said !â– â€¢ have a-i come from sautuc iu > uth